New Drug Used To Treat Multiple Sclerosis Used In Central Ohio

By Tracy Townsend Monday March 9, 2015 6:17 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio -

A local man is the first person in Ohio to use a new treatment for Multiple Sclerosis.

MS is the leading cause of disability in young adults.

Shawn Bollinger was a senior in high school when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

"I can't really play sports anymore, said Bollinger. He used to play baseball but says hes just not coordinated enough now.

The disease disrupts the central nervous system and the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Shawn has an aggressive form called Relapsing MS.

"It starts tingling, and I go numb and I'm usually numb for a couple of weeks, he says.

Each one's different. There's been some that have been a lot more difficult than others, added his mother, Carrie Ford.

The attacks are so severe they've broken through four different drug therapies designed to stop them. Shawn and his mother says there's hope in a recently FDA approved drug called Alemtuzumab.

Ohio Health neurologist Dr. Aaron Boster was involved in the clinical trials of the drug. He's treated Shawn from the start and calls the new treatment transformative.

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New Drug Used To Treat Multiple Sclerosis Used In Central Ohio